Utah Senate advances measures on property-cloud liens, licensure reciprocity, credit-card fraud aggregation and mold-lien law

The Utah State Senate met in floor session and advanced multiple measures to the third-reading calendar, voting to move forward bills that address property-title claims, professional licensing for out-of-state and foreign-trained applicants, criminal aggregation for small credit-card frauds, and a mold-retention/mold-lien statute.

Senators first resolved a procedural question about substitute bill copies and then moved Senate Bill 70 forward after adopting an amendment described by a sponsor as intended to clarify and streamline how liens and "clouds on property" are recorded and cleared. The sponsor said the amendment "causes them to be better defined and and easier to work with," describing the change as consumer-friendly. The clerk announced SB 70 passed that stage with 23 aye votes and six absences.

A second substitute for Senate Bill 36 — described by its sponsor as clarifying reciprocity and equivalency standards — was adopted and advanced. The sponsor told the body the substitute "clarifies the requirements for a person currently licensed in…